4/8 Writing

4/8 Writing

Agenda

• Daily Language

• Schoolhouse Rock: Prepositions

• Writing: TTQA & Matching Evidence

Multiple Choice

Which relative adverb best completes the sentence?

This is the house ____ Noami lives.

• where

• when

• why

Multiple Choice

The modal verb best completes this sentence?

You seem tired. ____ we take a break and start fresh tomorrow.

• might

• shall

• will

Multiple Choice

Which relative pronoun best completes the sentence?

The author has written several brooks, most of ___ are nonfiction.

• whose

• whom

• which

• that

Open Ended

What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?

Sebastian has a spelling quiz after lunch.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with a prepositional phrase.

The puppy is hiding ____________.

Writing

TTQA & Matching Evidence

Instructions

• Read the Writing Prompt

• For each writing prompt we will:

• Identify the mode, task, subject.

• Turn the question (or task) into a sentence stem / answer stem.

• Find evidence that would match - or answer - the question.

Multiple Choice

You have read "Human Homes That Master the Weather", a passage about different kinds of homes around the world. Choose two types of homes described in the passage. Describe each home and purpose. Then, tell how the two homes are similar or different, and explain the advantages or disadvantages of each. Be sure to use specific details and examples from the text to support your answer.

What is the mode of the prompt?

• Informational

• Opinion

• Narrative

Multiple Choice

You have read "Human Homes That Master the Weather", a passage about different kinds of homes around the world. Choose two types of homes described in the passage. Describe each home and purpose. Then, tell how the two homes are similar or different, and explain the advantages or disadvantages of each. Be sure to use specific details and examples from the text to support your answer.

What is the subject or topic you are writing about?

• advantages and disadvantages

• homes around the world

• comparing and contrasting

Multiple Select

You have read "Human Homes That Master the Weather", a passage about different kinds of homes around the world. Choose two types of homes described in the passage. Describe each home and purpose. Then, tell how the two homes are similar or different, and explain the advantages or disadvantages of each. Be sure to use specific details and examples from the text to support your answer.

Choose the tasks listed in the writing prompt. Choose all that apply.

• Describe each home and purpose

• Tell how the two homes are similar or different

• Explain the advantages or disadvantages

Multiple Choice

You have read "Human Homes That Master the Weather", a passage about different kinds of homes around the world. Choose two types of homes described in the passage. Describe each home and purpose. Then, tell how the two homes are similar or different, and explain the advantages or disadvantages of each. Be sure to use specific details and examples from the text to support your answer.

Which of these would be an answer stem for this writing prompt?

• The specific details and examples are....

• There are many types of homes around the world.

• The purpose of these two homes are..

Multiple Select

You have read "Human Homes That Master the Weather", a passage about different kinds of homes around the world. Choose two types of homes described in the passage. Describe each home and purpose. Then, tell how the two homes are similar or different, and explain the advantages or disadvantages of each. Be sure to use specific details and examples from the text to support your answer.

Which one of these sentences would be a piece of evidence that would support our answer for the topic? Choose all that apply.

• Many families in India use air conditioners to keep cool.

• In Matmata, a summer day can get up to 110 degrees, but in Brunei the temperature only gets up to 90.

• Gets (yurts) are wooden frames covered with felt. Their shape helps to deflect the steppe's icy winds.

• People swim in the cool shade between the houses.

Prompt #2

You have read a passage called "A Visit From a Farrier" about a person who helps horses when they need new shoes. What are the tools the person uses, and why are they important? Provide key details and examples from the passage to support your writing.

Multiple Choice

You have read a passage called "A Visit From a Farrier" about a person who helps horses when they need new shoes. What are the tools the person uses, and why are they important? Provide key details and examples from the passage to support your writing.

What is the mode of this prompt?

• Narrative

• Informational

• Explanatory

Multiple Choice

You have read a passage called "A Visit From a Farrier" about a person who helps horses when they need new shoes. What are the tools the person uses, and why are they important? Provide key details and examples from the passage to support your writing.

What is the subject of your writing?

• a person who helps horses when they need new shoes (farrier)

• the tools a farrier uses

• key details an d examples from the passage

Multiple Select

You have read a passage called "A Visit From a Farrier" about a person who helps horses when they need new shoes. What are the tools the person uses, and why are they important? Provide key details and examples from the passage to support your writing.

What is the task? (Choose all that apply)

• what the tools a farrier uses are

• why a farrier's tools are important

• a person who helps horses when they need new shoes

• provide key details and examples from the passage

Open Ended

You have read a passage called "A Visit From a Farrier" about a person who helps horses when they need new shoes. What are the tools the person uses, and why are they important? Provide key details and examples from the passage to support your writing.

Choose one of the tasks and write a sentence or answer stem.

Ex: What is your favorite color?

My favorite color is _____.

Multiple Select

You have read a passage called "A Visit From a Farrier" about a person who helps horses when they need new shoes. What are the tools the person uses, and why are they important? Provide key details and examples from the passage to support your writing.

Which piece of evidence would support the answer to this writing prompt? Choose all that apply.

• First, Natasha uses a hoof pick to clean out the dirt that builds up around the forg.

• When Mikey the horse needs new shoes, he doesn't go to the shoe store.

• if there's too much dirt around it, the horse can't walk or stand properly.

• sometimes cleats are added to horseshoes to give working horses extra grip on snow or slippery ground.

• Natasha loves her job and her horse buddies.

Any questions?

Break Until Reading

10 AM